The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with the legend "We are not amused" hanging from it. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share
The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
